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Medical Terms
Tyler Lunsford
Teacher Academy
13-18
Meningitis
• Meningitis is an inflammation of the membranes that cover the brain and spinal cord.
• High fever, headache, and stiff neck are common symptoms of meningitis in anyone over the age of 2 years.
• These symptoms can develop over several hours, or they may take 1 to 2 days.
• There are two types of meningitis.
Bacterial meningitis
• Early diagnosis and treatment are very important.
• Bacterial meningitis can be treated with a number of effective antibiotics.
• some forms of bacterial meningitis are contagious.
• spread from person to person through the exchange of respiratory and throat secretions.
Viral meningitis
• Viral infections are the most common cause of meningitis
• Viral meningitis is serious but rarely fatal in people with normal immune systems.
• Different viruses that cause viral meningitis are spread in different ways.
Meningitis
Tetanus
• Tetanus (lockjaw) is a serious disease that causes painful tightening of the muscles, usually all over the body.
• Irritability, muscle cramps, sore muscles, weakness, or difficulty swallowing are commonly seen.
• Any wound that results in a break in the skin should be cleaned with soap and running water.
• You can get a Tetanus shot.
Tetanus
MRSA
• MRSA stands for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
• This organism is known for causing skin infections in addition to many other types of infections.
• Boils, abscesses, sty's and many more.
• First-line treatment for mild abscesses is incision and drainage.
MRSA